This May sees the demise of one of soapland’s most-loved characters as Michelle Keegan makes her dramatic exit – but Coronation Street’s loss is Hollywood’s gain as the actress has her eyes set firmly on the hills.

But not wanting to be typecast into a certain role, she added to The Sun: ‘I’d love to do a drama, a comedy, or maybe a rom-com, like Love Actually.

‘But I’d also love to play someone dark, dangerous and unpredictable.’

And she praises Corrie for being the ‘best drama school in the world’, adding: ‘There’s a big world out there and if you’re fortunate enough to be in Corrie from a young age, like I was, it is a protective bubble.

‘I am worried about not getting work, but then that’s an actor’s life — you never know where the next job is.

Michelle plays Tina McIntyre in the soap (Picture: ITV)

‘I have a lot more confidence than I did, because Corrie has been the best drama school in the world.’

However, with her Hollywood dreams aside, “Because Tina has had so many storylines over the past few years, sometimes I have been known to work 12 hour days, five days a week.
“Katherine Kelly, who used to play Becky McDonald, told me that as soon as you finish, you pause and go, ‘Wow! I have got a life outside Corrie.’ I’d love to travel, maybe in America. It’d be great to get a Mustang and just drive somewhere on a road trip.

Hopefully Michelle’s Hollywood hopes will be more successful than her former TOWIE star fiance Mark Wright’s, whose reality show Mark Wright’s Hollywood Nights flopped after just one series due to poor ratings.